The House gave its final approval to Senate Bill 11, written by state Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston), on Friday morning. It passed 88-48.

The total number of confirmed cases linked to the measles outbreak is now up to 728 in Texas, according to the latest update from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). That’s a total of six new cases since Tuesday’s update. Ninety-four people have been hospitalized with measles since it first broke out in Gaines County in January.

Texas is the “battiest” state, home to 32 of the country’s 47 bat species — and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, nowhere may prove that better than the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A recent acoustic survey found the Botanic Garden hosts up to five distinct bat species,

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football has been working to create an elite environment for its 2025 opener vs. Texas. Some thoughts about how that could look were raised earlier this month when Fox announced it had the TV rights to the Cotton Bowl rematch — likely meaning the game would slot into the Big Noon Kickoff window on Aug. 30.

From there, they added two in the third, and one more in the seventh to put the game out of reach. The offensive onslaught gave ace Ryan Prager enough run support to allow the Aggies to survive and advance in the single-elimination-style conference tournament.

Several states with near-total abortion bans have introduced legislation seeking to make their medical exceptions clearer.

The Texas health department on Friday reported 728 cases of measles in the state, up by six cases from its last update on Tuesday.

Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to make changes to or veto a newly passed law in the state that would require the company to verify the ages of device owners, according to The Wall Street Journal.